From: "Geo" 

I wasn't really addressing the systems they are using, I was just saying
that the problem is not technology, it's the idiots implementing the
current system.

Geo.

"Ellen K." 
wrote in message news:6qapn0d3crv46c1hr6ths2hs4rrd0k627q{at}4ax.com...
> Yes, there needs to be a paper trail.   That is the problem.   The
> systems being put into use do not have a paper trail.
>
> On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 21:30:37 -0500, "Geo"
 wrote in
> message :
>
> >"Ellen K."
 wrote in message
> >news:t3nnn0d3g4oghru88u6b5o7p09ebc3ha4r{at}4ax.com...
> >> Nah, there's a huge difference:   There's a paper trail because there's
> >> another party on the other side of every transaction, i.e. you deposit
> >> your weekly paycheck, if they credit you less than the amount, you have
> >> your paystub and your employer has the record of how much THEIR bank
> >> took out of their account.  Similarly if you pay a bill electronically,
> >> the company you paid and the other bank have records of how much they
> >> received.   With electronic voting it's a single-entry system.
> >
> >it's not a single entry system, I have one vote, I transfer that vote to
the
> >candidate of my choice. It's no different than a money transfer and there
is
> >no reason not to have a paper trail.
> >
> >I can do electronic banking, I can electronically file my taxes, I can
buy
> >stuff electronically, voting is no different than any of these.
> >
> >Geo.
> >
>

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